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contributor authorP. S. Veers
date accessioned2017-05-08T23:14:19Z
date available2017-05-08T23:14:19Z
date copyrightMay, 1982
date issued1982
identifier issn0199-6231
identifier otherJSEEDO-28149#106_1.pdf
identifier urihttp://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/96388
description abstractA cursory analysis of the stress history of wind turbine blades indicates that a single stress level at each wind speed does not adequately describe the blade stress history. A statistical description is required. Blade stress data collected from the DOE/ALCOA Low Cost experimental turbines indicate that the Rayleigh probability density function adequately describes the distribution of vibratory stresses at each wind speed. The Rayleigh probability density function allows the distribution of vibratory stresses to be described by the RMS of the stress versus time signal. With the RMS stress level described for all wind speeds, the complete stress history of the turbine blades is known. Miner’s linear cumulative damage rule is used as a basis for summing the fatigue damage over all operating conditions. An analytical expression is derived to predict blade fatigue life. Input to the blade life expression includes a basic blade S-N curve, RMS stress versus wind speed data, the probability density function of vibratory stress, and the probability density function which describes the wind speed distribution. The implications of the assumptions and the limitations of this approach are discussed.
publisherThe American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
titleBlade Fatigue Life Assessment With Application to VAWTS
typeJournal Paper
journal volume104
journal issue2
journal titleJournal of Solar Energy Engineering
identifier doi10.1115/1.3266281
journal fristpage106
journal lastpage111
identifier eissn1528-8986
keywordsFatigue life
keywordsBlades
keywordsVertical axis wind turbines
keywordsStress
keywordsWind velocity
keywordsDensity
keywordsProbability
keywordsSignals
keywordsWind turbines
keywordsTurbine blades
keywordsTurbines AND Fatigue damage
treeJournal of Solar Energy Engineering:;1982:;volume( 104 ):;issue: 002
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